8-Day Kenya Safari from Nairobi with Masai Mara and Samburu

• Pick up from your Nairobi hotel or Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (NBO).

• Depart Nairobi and drive south along the floor of the Great Rift Valley.

• Arrive at Masai Mara in the afternoon for lunch, then head out for an evening game drive at 4 p.m.

Return for dinner and an overnight stay at the camp or lodge.

• Leave for a full-day game drive to the game centre, home to over 3 million large mammals. The drive takes you in search of animals such as lion, leopard, buffalo, elephant, rhino, hyena, cheetah, jackal, warthog, giraffe, zebra, antelope, and different bird species.

• Be served lunch at the Mara River as you enjoy the scenery.

Dinner and overnight at the camp or lodge.

• Head out for an early morning game drive as you search for the cats on the hunt, then return for breakfast.

• Leave the camp or lodge with game viewing en route through the Great Rift Valley to Lake Naivasha.

• Enjoy a boat ride to view the exotic birdlife and hippos amid the serenity of this freshwater lake.

Overnight at the lodge or camp.

• Leave the camp or lodge with game viewing en route through the Great Rift Valley to Lake Nakuru.

• Visit Lake Nakuru National Park, one of the world's well-known bird sanctuaries, and explore its diverse species of game and aviary.

Overnight at the lodge.

• Depart for Samburu Game Reserve after breakfast.

• Arrive in time for lunch before taking an afternoon game drive. This beautiful park is home to rare species such as reticulated giraffe, Grevy's zebra, Beisa oryx, and blue-necked Somali ostrich.

Overnight at Samburu Lodge.

• Spend the day exploring the Samburu reserve and its diverse species of game.

• Depart from Samburu to Aberdare National Park, home to the second largest herd of endangered black rhinos.

• Drive through the park, which provides habitat for elephants, black rhinos, leopards, spotted hyenas, olive baboons, black and white colobus monkeys, buffaloes, warthogs, bushbucks, and more. Rare sightings include the giant forest hog, bongo, golden cat, serval cat, African wild cat, African civet cat, and the blue duiker. Arrive in time for lunch and relax while waiting for the afternoon game drive.

• Enjoy the beautiful sunset while watching the animals found in Aberdare National Park.

Overnight at the lodge.

• Depart for a morning game drive.

• Return to the lodge for lunch, and thereafter start the drive back to Nairobi.

• Drop off at the airport in time to connect with your outbound flight back home.